All my music files are in FLAC, so reading the FLAC tags correctly - including album art - is important to me.

Same here - considering that the X5 is pitched as a serious high-fidelity DAP, it definitely needs to be able to read FLAC tags correctly, since this is the kind of source material many (most?) people will be feeding it.

I'm not saying it'd be an absolute dealbreaker but it sure would be annoying if it failed to read FLAC tags properly, although I acknowledge that the DX100 is pretty poor, overall, for proper file organisation etc., and it still holds it's own, overall, as a high-end DAP.

All my music files are in FLAC, so reading the FLAC tags correctly - including album art - is important to me.

Same here - considering that the X5 is pitched as a serious high-fidelity DAP, it definitely needs to be able to read FLAC tags correctly, since this is the kind of source material many (most?) people will be feeding it.

I'm not saying it'd be an absolute dealbreaker but it sure would be annoying if it failed to read FLAC tags properly, although I acknowledge that the DX100 is pretty poor, overall, for proper file organisation etc., and it still holds it's own, overall, as a high-end DAP.

Yes FLAC tags should probably have priority, since FLAC seems to be the most widely used. And then maybe apple tags, which would cover AAC & more importantly (for me) ALAC.

sorry, we will try to keep it as simple as we can . and we already have so many USB DAC and will release more in the future.

Actually keeping it simple and functioning perfectly is something waaaay much more important. That's fine by me. Are you still promised for end of this year release otherwise naked run? Yes I am so getting one as soon as you release it in Eu officially.

Actually keeping it simple and functioning perfectly is something waaaay much more important. That's fine by me. Are you still promised for end of this year release otherwise naked run? Yes I am so getting one as soon as you release it in Eu officially.

you almost hope they won't release before the end of this year…

almost.

if i like the X3 (which i most likely will) i'll buy the X5 on NL release for sure.